@GearoidReidy Who knows what the future brings. But my spidey senses say this guy may have a position.
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Andy Sharp
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Andy Sharp
@sharp_writing2
Opinion editor at Nikkei Asia. Brit in Tokyo. Sabew award-winning journalist. Formerly @sharp_writing until X locked me out...
Tokyo Katılım Mart 2026
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Bro one more Japan economic crisis bro I swear bro just one more bro
Robin Brooks@robin_j_brooks
For two years straight - ever since the summer of 2024 - Japan has been in a "Liz Truss"-style debt crisis with the currency falling and yields rising. What's amazing is how little attention this gets, even though it should be massively alarming for Japan. robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/can-japan-es…
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Nearly 10% growth for Taiwan projected this year. This chip/AI boom/bubble is incredible. asia.nikkei.com/economy/taiwan…
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What’s ironic is that this is one of the most generic, boring parts of the city, which itself aesthetically wouldn’t rank among the great Japanese cities for the most part
Nerdrotic@Nerdrotics
Osaka, Japan. It's just like an American city minus horns, garbage, the smell of urine, the smell of shit, constant sirens, and Fentanyl Zombies.
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@lilynonomiya Ha ha. Bunshun were reporting today that folk in the Kantei were moaning that it was a marketing ruse. They might be right.
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Update on day four of potato chip gone monochrome (allegedly)—no sightings and my supermarket is definitely aplenty with chips and is restocking with the normal colored bags:
Lily Nonomiya@lilynonomiya
Could not find the viral monochrome calbee bag today but some shelves were empty in a possible sign they did stock — post if you find one of these in the wild!
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It has come to my attention that Kim Jong Un is a Manchester United fan. Adds up.
週刊文春@shukan_bunshun
金正恩氏自身は英プレミアリーグのマンチェスター・ユナイテッドのファン。過去には北朝鮮の子供たちにサッカーボール100万個をプレゼントするよう指示したこともある。 “マンU好き”金正恩の肝煎り 北朝鮮女子サッカー「アジアNo.1」の秘密 bunshun.jp/denshiban/arti…
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I 🩵Rob Kenyon. We need more plumber MPs.
Nigel Farage MP@Nigel_Farage
I went out in the van with Cllr Rob Kenyon. This is his story.
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The weather being up and down, 12° one moment and 26° the next, I have succumbed to my weakened immune system and caught a cold. Today I’ll be resting as much as possible, surrounded by cats, catered to by husband, and living on throat tea and Paburon.
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@RupertLowe10 Erm. Lots of Brits live overseas without string language skills of the countries they work in. Are you saying that people shouldn’t take jobs outside the UK?
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Under a Restore Britain Government, there will be no need for foreign language translation in the public sector because those foreigners unable to speak English living in our country will be removed.
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Samsung semiconductor workers' $400,000 bonus deal: 4 things to know asia.nikkei.com/business/tech/… via @NikkeiAsia
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Japan's biggest intelligence reform since WWII: 5 things to know s.nikkei.com/4e7DpxG
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A case of X's auto wrongly translating "Takaichi" into "Ishiba" that sort of makes sense:
Japan's number of births from January to March 2026 was up 0.2% from the same period the previous year. However, babies born in those months were conceived when Ishiba was Prime Minister.
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Japan's biggest intelligence reform since WWII: 5 things to know asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/expl… via @NikkeiAsia
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FWIW, I've been handed Sanseito flyers and I obviously don't look Japanese or Asian..
에오루스🎃🍎🍅🌈💫🪷@SHK_eolus
대웃기다 참정당 전단지 받음 코이츠라 니혼진퍼스트 외치는 주제에 일본인 구분 못하는www
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This “uniparty” line is nonsense. Labour and the Conservatives have been at loggerheads since I was born. Yes some folk have crossed over. But there is a clear left-right division.
Darren Grimes@darrengrimes
Restore Britain didn’t stand in Aberdeen South so the Tories would be unimpeded there, now they’re standing in Makerfield, attempting to split the vote in favour of Burnham and Labour. Is Rupert Lowe the greatest asset to the uniparty?
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@GearoidReidy The Shibuya development/retail battle is a great story. Haven’t been to Hands for a while, guess Don Quixote and others have a better retail formula for this age.
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Latest change coming to Shibuya: the iconic Hands store (née Tokyu Hands) is closing in November after 48 years in business.
It follows the Seibu department store's announcement it'll close in September. Wars between the these stores' parent corporations were crucial in building modern Shibuya.
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/0ba1a…
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A fixture in Shibuya for what feels like forever. Just want to put my hot take out there that will rebukd it and call it Cainz+ or something. Not sure if it owns the property.
Gearoid Reidy リーディー・ガロウド@GearoidReidy
Latest change coming to Shibuya: the iconic Hands store (née Tokyu Hands) is closing in November after 48 years in business. It follows the Seibu department store's announcement it'll close in September. Wars between the these stores' parent corporations were crucial in building modern Shibuya. news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/0ba1a…
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The shrinking, monochrome future of Japan's war-ravaged food industry asia.nikkei.com/business/food-… via @NikkeiAsia
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@japanauthor Thanks Graham. Would like to discuss further with you whenever you come to Tokyo.
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@sharp_writing2 Some broader thoughts on the history of this agitation.
G M Thomas FRSA FRAS@japanauthor
A thread on Japan's Article 9, Taiwan, the LDP's lurch to the far right, and how Takaichi Sanae wants to take Japan back to the militarism of the 1930s. (Which may or not have been influenced by her love of the dark nihilism of Black Sabbath's music.) NB: in part this is based on a recent lecture by Professor Koichi Nakano.
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Xi became vocal and agitated when discussing Japan, surprising US officials because the subject had not featured in talks with their Chinese counterparts before the summit. Several people said Xi’s verbal attack was the most heated part of the 2-day summit giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/ac…
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Nurses, police, ambulance workers, fireman, etc
Go on lefties, spin that.
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage has pledged to scrap income tax on overtime above 40 hours a week for anyone earning under £75,000 [@Telegraph]
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